– The nation's top court will hear arguments Wednesday on a challenge to the Affordable Care Act that could effect millions of Americans — including those in Pennsylvania — who purchased health insurance through the federal marketplace. The legal dispute comes down to the meaning of a few words in the massive statute that outline who would be eligible for insurance subsidies. It will be up to the Supreme Court to decide if the law's phrasing — that exchanges set up "by the state" — was meant to provide financial assistance only to people in states that created their own insurance exchanges. If so, those in Pennsylvania and the more than...

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